Historical abortion statistics, Czech Republic

Abortion statistics and other data--Johnston`s Archive

Historical abortion statistics, Czech Republic

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 6 June 2026

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Live births.
Abortions, reported includes legal reported induced abortions.
Abortions (AWR) are combined reported and estimated abortion occurrences from the Abortion Worldwide Report and working papers.
Abortions, residents, in country only includes reported abortions obtained within the country by residents only.
Abortions, residents, obtained abroad includes reported abortions by country residents obtained in other countries.
Abortions, residents, total includes reported abortions by residents, obtained both within the country and abroad.
Fetal deaths generally includes fetal deaths or stillbirths of at least 20 weeks` gestation.
Miscarriages generally includes spontaneous fetal losses/ abortions, fetal deaths, or stillbirths, regardless of gestation period.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).
Abortion rate, residents is abortions by residency per 1000 women ages 15-49.
Abortion rate, occurrences (AWR) is abortion occurrences from Abortion Worldwide Report figures per 1000 women ages 15-39.

Czech Republic regional level data also available here.

year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
1900	330,662									9,845
1901	325,514									9,812
1902	333,619									9,878
1903	318,275									8,989
1904	319,433									9,512
1905	300,414									8,740
1906	313,449									8,877
1907	306,356									8,694
1908	308,504									8,726
1909	305,426									8,535
1910	295,617									8,225
1911	289,058									8,434
1912	280,368									7,817
1913	275,060									7,503
1914	269,142									7,901
1915	197,542									5,634
1916	140,211									3,941
1917	126,916									3,619
1918	120,579									3,110
1919	189,675									5,022
1920	244,668									6,794
1921	257,281									6,988
1922	248,728									6,895
1923	241,230									6,832
1924	228,894									6,607
1925	225,555									5,867
1926	219,802									5,684
1927	208,711									5,245
1928	208,942									5,072
1929	203,064									4,840
1930	207,224									5,008
1931	196,214									4,660
1932	190,397									4,762
1933	176,201									4,436
1934	171,042									4,209
1935	161,748									3,910
1936	157,992									3,934
1937	155,996									3,784
1938	163,525									3,780
1939	192,344									4,409
1940	218,043									4,939
1941	208,913									4,456
1942	199,259									3,749
1943	225,379									3,680
1944	230,183									3,840
1945	194,182									2,892
1946	210,454									3,396
1947	206,745									3,347
1948	197,837									2,973
1949	185,484									2,735
1950	188,341		(300)							3,314
1951	185,570		(600)							3,186
1952	180,143		(900)							2,852
1953	172,547	1,265	1,265	(1,265)		1,265		25,175	23,910	2,082	7.3	7.3	0.73	0.73
1954	168,402	2,268	2,268	(2,268)		2,268		25,773	23,505	1,898	13.5	13.5	1.33	1.33
1955	165,874	2,430	2,430	(2,430)		2,430		25,850	23,420	1,857	14.6	14.6	1.44	1.44
1956	162,509	2,420	2,420	(2,420)		2,420		25,079	22,659	1,734	14.9	14.9	1.47	1.47
1957	155,429	5,742	5,742	(5,742)		5,742		27,967	22,225	1,728	36.9	36.9	3.56	3.56
1958	141,762	49,035	49,035	(49,035)		49,035		67,643	18,608	1,489	345.9	345.9	25.70	25.70
1959	128,982	61,914	61,914	(61,914)		61,914		79,269	17,355	1,328	480.0	480.0	32.43	32.43
1960	128,879	67,742	67,742	(67,742)		67,742		85,213	17,471	1,282	525.6	525.6	34.45	34.45	38.1
1961	131,019	70,062	70,062	(70,062)		70,062		87,362	17,300	1,182	534.7	534.7	34.84	34.84	39.1
1962	133,557	66,031	66,031	(66,031)		66,031		83,565	17,534	1,138	494.4	494.4	33.08	33.08	37.1
1963	148,840	51,470	51,470	(51,470)		51,470		71,677	20,207	1,222	345.8	345.8	25.70	25.70	31.6
1964	154,420	51,524	51,524	(51,524)		51,524		70,888	19,364	1,246	333.7	333.7	25.02	25.02	31.0
1965	147,438	58,594	58,594	(58,594)		58,594		76,341	17,747	1,107	397.4	397.4	28.44	28.44	33.1
1966	141,162	65,818	65,818	(65,818)		65,818		83,316	17,498	1,044	466.3	466.3	31.80	31.80	35.5
1967	138,448	69,850	69,850	(69,850)		69,850		86,731	16,881	965	504.5	504.5	33.53	33.53	36.2
1968	137,437	72,488	72,488	(72,488)		72,488		89,089	16,601	959	527.4	527.4	34.53	34.53	36.5
1969	143,165	74,263	74,263	(74,263)		74,263		91,088	16,825	990	518.7	518.7	34.16	34.16	36.8
1970	147,865	71,912	71,912	(71,912)		71,912		89,509	17,597	1,028	486.3	486.3	32.72	32.72	36.4
1971	154,180	68,652	68,652	(68,652)		68,652		86,452	17,800	1,053	445.3	445.3	30.81	30.81	35.2
1972	163,661	65,079	65,079	(65,079)		65,079		84,821	19,742	1,083	397.6	397.6	28.45	28.45	34.5
1973	181,750	55,898	55,898	(55,898)		55,898		76,986	21,088	1,203	307.6	307.6	23.52	23.52	31.4
1974	194,215	56,969	56,969	(56,969)		56,969		78,130	21,161	1,212	293.3	293.3	22.68	22.68	31.9
1975	191,776	55,530	55,530	(55,530)		55,530		76,342	20,812	1,093	289.6	289.6	22.45	22.45	31.3
1976	187,378	56,889	56,889	(56,889)		56,889		77,908	21,019	1,144	303.6	303.6	23.29	23.29	32.1
1977	181,763	61,114	61,114	(61,114)		61,114		81,656	20,542	1,102	336.2	336.2	25.16	25.16	33.7
1978	178,901	63,904	63,904	(63,904)		63,904		83,915	20,011	1,117	357.2	357.2	26.32	26.32	34.6
1979	172,112	64,505	64,505	(64,505)		64,505		83,624	19,119	972	374.8	374.8	27.26	27.26	34.4
1980	153,801	68,942	68,942	(68,942)		68,942		86,503	17,561	864	448.3	448.3	30.95	30.95	35.5
1981	144,438	71,574	71,574	(71,574)		71,574		89,373	17,799	748	495.5	495.5	33.13	33.13	36.8
1982	141,738	74,531	74,531	(74,531)		74,531		91,531	17,000	780	525.8	525.8	34.46	34.46	37.6
1983	137,431	75,037	75,037	(75,037)		75,037		92,033	16,996	701	546.0	546.0	35.32	35.32	37.8
1984	136,941	79,534	79,534	(79,534)		79,534		96,638	17,104	646	580.8	580.8	36.74	36.74	39.5
1985	135,881	83,076	83,076	83,076		83,076		99,357	16,281	607	611.4	611.4	37.94	37.94	40.4
1986	133,356	83,579	83,579	83,579		83,579		99,452	15,873	586	626.7	626.7	38.53	38.53	40.1
1987	130,921	109,875	109,875	109,875		109,875	2,134	124,604	15,081	548	839.2	839.2	45.63	45.63	49.1
1988	132,667	112,265	112,265	112,265		112,265	2,216	127,130	15,282	571	846.2	846.2	45.84	45.84	49.5
1989	128,356	109,998	109,998	109,998		109,998	2,577	124,050	14,689	525	857.0	857.0	46.15	46.15	49.4
1990	130,564	109,507	109,507	109,507		109,507	2,361	123,695	14,656	530	838.7	838.7	45.61	45.61	48.7	59.69
1991	129,354	104,413	104,413	104,413		104,413	1,266	118,788	13,892	496	807.2	807.2	44.67	44.67	46.1	56.94
1992	121,705	94,319	94,319	94,180		94,180	880	108,444	13,324	437	773.8	775.0	43.63	43.66	41.6	51.31
1993	121,025	70,810	70,810	70,634		70,634	1,409	84,037	13,076	445	583.6	585.1	36.85	36.91	32.3	38.40
1994	106,579	55,016	55,016	54,836		54,836	1,334	66,100	10,958	336	514.5	516.2	33.97	34.05	25.4	29.75
1995	96,097	49,745	49,745	49,531		49,531	1,245	60,143	10,397	300	515.4	517.7	34.01	34.11	23.1	26.88
1996	90,446	48,303	48,303	48,086		48,086	1,580	58,184	10,129	317	531.7	534.1	34.71	34.81	22.5	26.16
1997	90,657	45,269	45,269	45,022		45,022	1,761	54,971	10,188	273	496.6	499.3	33.18	33.30	21.6	24.57
1998	90,535	43,303	43,303	42,959		42,959	2,024	53,298	10,844	294	474.5	478.3	32.18	32.35	21.2	23.53
1999	89,471	40,930	40,930	40,930		40,930	2,225	49,469	8,539	303	457.5	457.5	31.39	31.39	20.0	22.19
2000	90,910	38,868	38,868	38,868		38,868	2,093	44,894	6,026	259	427.5	427.5	29.95	29.95	17.71	21.02
2001	90,715	36,235	36,235	36,235		36,235	2,170	42,481	6,246	263	399.4	399.4	28.54	28.54	14.00	19.57
2002	92,786	34,279	34,279	34,279		34,279	2,292	40,992	6,713	261	369.4	369.4	26.98	26.98	13.45	18.51
2003	93,685	32,336	32,336	32,336		32,336	2,176	39,644	7,308	272	345.2	345.2	25.66	25.66	12.76	17.45
2004	67,664	32,171	32,171	32,171	6	32,177	1,789	39,070	6,899	265	475.5	475.5	32.23	32.22	12.74	17.39
2005	102,211	31,131	31,131	31,131		31,131	1,747	37,785	6,654	287	304.6	304.6	23.35	23.35	12.36	16.85
2006	105,831	30,131	30,131	30,131		30,131	1,744	37,674	7,543	299	284.7	284.7	22.16	22.16	11.97	16.29
2007	114,632	30,203	30,203	30,203		30,203	2,035	38,259	8,056	315	263.5	263.5	20.85	20.85	11.99	16.24
2008	119,570	30,329	30,329	30,329		30,329	2,526	38,194	7,865	272	253.7	253.7	20.23	20.23	11.96	16.20
2009	118,348	29,203	29,203	29,203		29,203	2,268	40,528	11,325	319	246.8	246.8	19.79	19.79	11.49	15.59
2010	117,153	28,421	28,421	28,421		28,421	1,990	39,273	10,852	293	242.6	242.6	19.52	19.52	11.20	15.28
2011	108,673	28,455	28,455	28,455		28,455	1,885	38,864	10,409	317	261.8	261.8	20.75	20.75	11.38	15.49
2012	108,576	27,520	27,520	27,520	3	27,523	1,659	37,734	10,214	379	253.5	253.5	20.22	20.22	11.08	15.23
2013	106,751	27,064	27,064	27,064	4	27,068	1,494	37,687	10,623	366	253.6	253.5	20.23	20.22	11.00	15.31
2014	109,860	26,323	26,323	26,323		26,323	1,337	36,956	10,633	392	239.6	239.6	19.33	19.33	10.80	15.28
2015	110,764	24,517	24,517	24,517	4	24,521	1,195	35,761	11,244	398	221.4	221.3	18.13	18.12	10.15	14.62
2016	112,663	24,634	24,634	24,634		24,634	1,091	35,921	11,287	420	218.7	218.7	17.94	17.94	10.28	15.09
2017	114,405	23,333	23,333	23,333	3	23,336	981	35,012	11,679	384	204.0	204.0	16.94	16.94	9.81	14.64
2018	114,036	22,014	22,014	22,014	5	22,019	1,016	32,952	10,938	383	193.1	193.0	16.18	16.18	9.29	14.10
2019	112,231	20,092	20,092	20,092		20,092	978	31,797	11,705	402	179.0	179.0	15.18	15.18		13.10
2020	110,200	20,162	20,162	20,162		20,162	902	30,368	10,206	431	183.0	183.0	15.47	15.47	8.57	13.34
2021	111,793	18,257	18,257	18,257		18,257		27,959	9,702	404	163.3	163.3	14.04	14.04	8.05	12.18
2022	101,299	16,438	16,438	16,438		16,438		27,598	11,160	263	162.3	162.3	13.96	13.96		11.00
2023	91,149	15,088	15,088	15,088		15,088		24,940	9,852	202	165.5	165.5	14.20	14.20		10.12
2024	84,311		(14,100)													(9.7)
2025	77,600		(13,100)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	abortion ratio		abortion %		abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)
year	live births	abortions, reported	abortions (AWR)	abortions, residents, in country only	abortions, residents, obtained abroad	abortions, residents, total	abortions, occurrences by non-residents	miscarriages and abortions	miscarriages	fetal deaths	residents, in/out of country	all in country	residents, in/out of country	all in country	abortion rate, residents	abortion rate, occurrences (AWR)

Notes:

Parenthetical figures are estimates, some of which are derived from reported data.
Abortion ratios, percentages, and rates may be based on a mix of data from different sources and thus may not represent a consistent time series.

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